Props on paying it forward. It’s not a systems fix, but we underestimate how impactful culture is & in a future where the wealth distribution is going to be even more lopsided, benevolence & sense might be a good stopgap.
I just bought your book based on the post above. Maybe it’s marketing? Your book is also aimed a small niche(I’m on your target market!), maybe that’s it?
Try Livescribe. I've been using it for years & I can sort of CTRL-F (CMD-F) my notes. I usually export notes to people. I'm surprise more technologies like livescribe doesn't exist.
We’re building the future of business communications that AI first. Lots of fun NLP and applied AI. Our tech stack is a little complex(By necessity and sometimes due to the inherent shortcomings of a fast moving startup), but a fun challenge for those looking to sink their teeth into fun technical challenges.
Our team is highly motivated and while we have a presence in Silicon Valley (South Bay), we’re a remote-first company.
Our Backend stack is Python, Postgres based Dokerized microservices
Our FrontEnd comprises Vue.js, Angular 2+ and we have a desktop client in C#
We’re a very small and scrappy team (<20) with a solid business model with a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur at the helm.
I’m wondering if this isn’t satirical. English is my third language & this word in particular confounded me & still does to some
Degree. In my head I’m always trying to translate between languages & cultures & the word “huh” to me seems uniquely western.
Another giveaway is the awarding of the Ig Nobel Prize & then citation of that fact as evidence of the study’s credibility & importance at the end (masterful comedic move if it was intentional)
I was amused at how quickly sprinklr picked up my tweet with the word amazon in it, I got a canned response in minutes & actual human contact within a day.
Update: FYI, my qualm wasn’t about AmazonFCs, but seeing the business end of Amazon try to put a distressed driver back on the road immediately after a very serious accident. The person who contacted me from Amazon told me that the driver was not put back on driving duty that day (so at least someone paid attention). So it’s not all negative.
Someone in tech can do a lot. But anonymity of the web vs being 1/~120 on an aircraft where you gave your name and other vital info before boarding is a little different. Anyone going to extremes (like using fake travel docs) likely has far more nefarious intent than getting a little free WiFi.
I agree with the sentiment. As a fellow geek & rebel, I can empathize. But if the author were my friend, I would point to past examples of how these things typically don’t end well for us. Not worth upending your life for karma or likes or whatever. The world needs more geeks that love what they do and can contribute significantly to society. That does not happen if you’re fighting court cases or on the run from authorities. General Public will rarely, if ever, stand up for you.
I fear that this would be viewed thru the lens of “PR” & “brand”, thing companies are rightfully keen in protecting. Unfortunately there’s a legal component to all this also. The knowledge itself is cool & even actual instances of a handful of people getting “free” internet probably wouldn’t register on their radar. But the publicity from being on the top of HN... that might be of significant concern
It’s relevant because it effects their “brand” and also culture plays a role in how they may perceive the situation. I have no idea if this even registers on their radar and it’s pure speculation on my part. Certainly not a sleeping bear I would poke.
I absolutely hope that’s the outcome of this whole thing. Unfortunately beyond the actual security vulnerability, companies often view these things as a “brand” or “PR” issue. I sincerely wish Kevin the best & hope this results positively as an internship or bug bounty.
Apparently it’s been benchmarked doing even better speeds. There was supposed to be new satellites launched over Europe and Asia, but at the time, this was the fastest one.
Wow, this was an amusing read. I actually helped architect part of the system that was bypassed at LiveTV (now Thales).
We had some serious hackers on the team and discussed how much probing & prodding it would take to find vulnerabilities like this, but made the conclusion anyone doing this should be worried about more serious consequences. I for one, wouldn’t attempt this myself on the aircraft. The hacker side of me finds this Amusing, but I hope the author doesn’t face more serious consequences, primarily for having made this public knowledge. I have a sense the defense company that now owns the system being bypassed/broken will not find it amusing in the least bit.
Disclaimer: opinions above are my own. I do not speak for or on behalf of any party in the article.
That’s because you’re traveling in airspace covered by different Satellite than the one that covers The American continent. Top speed should actually be ~74MBps.
I was one of the people who helped build the system (not at Viasat)
I still don’t see how this is 20x faster, the UI is a little better than traditional Google Ads creator, but isn’t downloading and editing an already put together campaign much faster than this?
Maybe I’m failing to see the magic here, but it doesn’t look significantly different from what’s already out there.
I tend to view WeWork as the AWS of Office Space. It’s hard to make real estate “sexy”, but they’ve done it. I totally see the value of the WeWork culture & community. You go to WeWork for the affordable office spaces and amenities, you stay because of the community connections you build.
That being said, this article just seems weird. Ofcourse it’s a company that’s “cult like”, if it weren’t, it’s just be another shared office space provider. WeWork is definitely tapping into something unconventional, maybe even a market that other traditional real estate guys just don’t see.
As Reid Hoffman might say, they’re Blitzscaling. Sure it may not be efficient, but if done right, WeWork will emerge as a new kind of market leader a la Amazon, Uber etc. Instead of moving to Silicon Valley, it may be that innovators around the world join a community like WeWork.